The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 20, 1930
Waning Gibbous
60.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.2%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 258.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.8° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -5.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.31° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.40° / -1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.41° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.